by Jacob Burkhart | Feb 7, 2025 | Market Updates
Advancements in the AI industry sent shockwaves through equity markets. However, despite the turbulence, markets recovered from their pull back in December as we saw broad positive performance across all major asset classes to close out January. Strong earnings from...
by Jacob Burkhart | Jan 10, 2025 | Market Updates
December saw broad negative performance across asset classes with the exception of commodities. Markets pulled back from their November rally as a result of uncertainties around the new incoming administration, rising treasury yields, and potentially some impacts from...
by Jacob Burkhart | Dec 6, 2024 | Market Updates
November saw broad positive performance across all asset classes. Markets responded favorably to election outcomes, with equity markets reaching new all-time highs and small cap companies seeing the most impressive returns. “Although widely debated, the actual impact...
by Jacob Burkhart | Nov 8, 2024 | Market Updates
October saw broad negative performance across most asset classes, with some resilience in select commodity sectors. Key drivers of market volatility included presidential election uncertainties, renewed inflationary concerns, and rising bond yields, which placed...
by Jacob Burkhart | Oct 11, 2024 | Market Updates
September saw strong performance across most asset classes with the exception of certain alternative sectors. The start of a rate-cutting cycle, highlighted by an aggressive 50-basis-point reduction in the federal funds rate, boosted market sentiment. This fueled...
by Jacob Burkhart | Sep 10, 2024 | Market Updates
August was marked by heightened market volatility, driven by a series of economic surprises and geopolitical concerns, and intensifying recession fears as evidenced by a flight to safety in bonds and corresponding dip in yields. Yet, by the end of the month, markets...